Like cracking the top on a well made creme brulee and taking a healthy spoonful – burnt caramel, creamy vanilla and a touch of citrus.

Takes me back to school dinners on the good days you looked forward to – sticky toffee pudding and custard, eating all the mandarin segements out of the fruit salad and nabbing a chocolate bar for the walk home.

Charred hot cross bun, coffee, lime notes on the nose. The palate has cereal notes up front, fresh lime, dried fruit and cut marmalade, with a white chocolate mouthfeel.

Oosh! Stick your nose in that glass! There’s no denying the cask influence with lots of sherry, oak and plenty of spirit. Look beyond that, though, to notes of honey, baked apple and nutty toffee. Pepper and spice on the palate is balanced by a welcome creaminess and a long finish.

The rich candied fruit, vanilla and cereal of Panettone, made into a rich bread and butter pudding with a scrape of orange marmalade. Joined by a dollop of cream on the palate, with nutmeg spice coming through on the finish.

Syruppy pears poached in armagnac, a touch of liquorice, lovely cinnamon spice. On the palate honey, orange oil, a gentle warmth in the finish. Generous honey and fruit remain in the mouth long after this dram has been sipped…

Creamy vanilla and light custard, with a dusting of nutmeg; like delicious Portugese natas! Warm vanilla on the palate, followed by a tinge of bitter lemon peel and a tingling of spice. Delicate and pleasing.

Rich candied orange peel, fruit compote